Marian College

3200 Cold Spring Road

Indianapolis, IN 46222-1997
Phone: 800-772-7264

 

 

·        Offers one Peace Studies class titled “Causes of War and Peace” (POL 359)

 

 

 

Purdue University Committee on Peace Studies

and Peace Studies Minor

West Lafayette,

IN 47907 

Phone: (765) 494-4600

 

 

·        Offers a Peace Studies minor through its School of Liberal Arts; Minor is overseen by the school’s “Committee on Peace Studies”

·        Purdue describes the Committee as: “an interdisciplinary committee of faculty from the departments of English, history, philosophy, women's studies, and child development and family studies… The committee…brings speakers to campus and organizes presentations on issues related to peace and justice.”

·        Courses offered include: “America In Vietnam”; “Classical and Contemporary Marxism”; “Israel and World Politics”; “Social Movements”; and “Introduction to the Study of Peace.”

·        Events the Committee has organized include presentations of these films:

1.      Uncovered
“A documentary exploring the claims made by the Bush Administration justifying war in Iraq”

2.      The War Behind Closed Doors
“A Frontline (PBS) examination of the historic foreign policy vision of neo-conservative advisors to several presidents, particularly relating to war on Iraq”

3.      Hijacking Catastrophe
“A documentary addressing 9/11, fear, and the selling of American Empire”

4.      Why War Against Iraq is Wrong
“A video of a lecture by Scott Ritter presented in July 2, 2002. How much of what Ritter claimed turned out to be correct? Come and see.”

5.      Hearts and Minds
“The classic Peter Davis documentary about the Vietnam War. Is it still relevant to us today?”

6.      Outfoxed
“A documentary film describing the biased media of the Fox News Channel, with relevance to most mainstream media sources”

7.      The Fog of War
“The 2004 academy award winning documentary on the Vietnam War through the eyes of former Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara”

 

 

 

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

IN 47876

 

 

·        Offers two Peace Studies-related courses: “Global Issues of Justice”, and “Peace and Value Issues in the Modern World”

 

 

 

Valparaiso University’s Peace and Social Justice Studies Minor
Huegli 308
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Telephone: 219-464-5266

Website: http://www.valpo.edu/academics/minors/peace/

 

 

·        Offers a minor in Peace and Social Justice Studies

·        Courses offered include: “Understanding Islamic Religion and Culture”; “Alternative Perspectives of United States History”; “Colonialism and Independence”; “Principles of Peace and Social Justice”

 

 

 

DePauw University

101 East Seminary Street
Greencastle, Indiana 46135-0037
Phone: (800) 447-2495

Website: http://www.depauw.edu/acad/conflict/

 

 

 

·        University offers a major in Conflict Studies

·        Website states, “…the study of the process and resolution of conflict is increasingly claiming a central place in the study of development in general and peaceful change in particular.”

·        Courses offered include: “Topics in Conflict Studies”; “United States in the Sixties”; “Politics of Civil Rights and Liberties”; “American Foreign Policy”; “Liberation Theology”; “Feminist Theologies”; and “Protest, Activism and Change”

·        Program’s website links: Earth Island Institute; Environmental Defense Fund; Union of Concerned Scientists; Common Dreams; Adbusters; and Alter Net